Manager's Influence Tactics and Sources of Power

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Question 1
My boss's principal sources of authority are legal authority, professional authority, reward power, and referent power. My boss, the highest-ranking enlisted member of our squadron, is the general enlisted authority reporting to our Commanding Officer and exerting significant influence on him. His role is comparable to a regional manager position in a sales organization, where he oversees 300+ employees (Okolie, 2021). He has rightful authority because of his position. We are a part of an Air Communications Squadron that is in charge of the weapon system network for key commands. This network oversees our country's nuclear weapon capability's safety, security, and facilitation. During his 22 years in the Air Force, 17 of those years were spent in an Air Communications unit, according to my supervisor (Schildt, Mantere, & Cornelissen, 2020). In our squadron, he is the go-to person for many problems since he is the subject matter expert in those areas. He also plays a supervisory role in the process. His professional authority stems from this. The tremendous relationships he has built up throughout our command are what give my boss his referent power. People want to work in a setting where there is trust. He nearly seems like the father of a large family to us. He welcomes people of all ranks and maintains an open-door policy. He is the element that keeps our squadron's tight-knit community together. Even in difficult times, we are content. He is fun to work for, and I appreciate him as a mentor.
He always has everyone's best interests in mind while using his reward power. While he cannot promote or award anybody in his current post, he can and does exert influence over the superior officers who can. He genuinely cares about the things that matter to us; therefore, instead of always giv...